Sakonnet River

Sakonnet River

The Sakonnet River is not a river, but a tidal strait, in the U.S. state of Rhode Island. It flows approximately 23 km (14 mi). There are no dams along the river's length.

Course

The river begins in name on the east side of Common Fence Point in Portsmouth and flows due south between the towns of Portsmouth and Middletown to the west and Tiverton and Little Compton to the east. Its mouth is at Sakonnet Point in Little Compton.

Crossings

Below is a list of all crossings over the Sakonnet River. The list begins at the headwaters and goes downstream.
*Sakonnet River rail bridge (formerly Old Colony and Newport Railway)
*Sakonnet River Bridge (RI 24/138)
*Stone Bridge (Formerly RI 138, destroyed by a Hurricane Carol in 1954)

Tributaries

The Quaket River is the Sakonnet River's only named tributary.

ee also

*List of rivers in Rhode Island
*Narragansett Bay
*Quaket River

References

*Maps from the United States Geological Survey


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